News | Chinese Human Rights Defenders

[Briefing] Chinese Courts Punish Peaceful Expression while Environmental Activists Detained and 12 Hongkongers Charged

October 5, 2020 Comments Off

7-year prison sentence for selling Christian books online; Ren Zhiqiang sentenced to 18-years for criticizing Xi Jinping; Chen Jianfang reportedly sentenced to 3-years for tribute to Cao Shunli; environmental activists arrested in Ningxia after accusing police of sheltering poachers

[Briefing] NGO Staffers and Xi Jinping Critic Put on Trial While Publisher Detained

September 14, 2020 Comments Off

Secret trial of Changsha Funeng NGO workers held on unknown date; police detain publisher Geng Xiaonan and her husband Qin Zhen for “illegal business activity”; outspoken businessman Ren Zhiqiang tried but no verdict pronounced

全球联盟敦促联合国解决中国人权侵犯

September 9, 2020 Comments Off

全球321个公民社会团体组成的联盟今天发表公开信表示，联合国应紧急建立一个独立的国际机制来解决中国政府的侵犯人权行为。

Global Coalition Urges UN to Address China’s Human Rights Abuses

September 9, 2020 Comments Off

The United Nations should urgently create an independent international mechanism to address the Chinese government’s human rights violations, a global coalition of 321 civil society groups said today in an open letter.

[Briefing] Crackdown on Free Expression: Blogger, Poet, Activist & Citizen Journalist in Custody

September 8, 2020 Comments Off

Court Rejects Blogger’s Appeal Against 4-Year Sentence; Missing Poet and his Wife Confirmed to be Under Arrest; Labor Activist Secretly Tried and Sentenced; Citizen Journalist Awaits Appeal Against 9-Year Sentence

恐懼蔓延香港：國家安全法助長了對人權的侵犯

August 26, 2020 Comments Off

過去八週以來，中國共產黨在香港實施了《國家安全法》，當局已行使了該法律，全面升級鎮壓香港居民的人權及香港法治體系。

恐惧蔓延香港：国家安全法助长了对人权的侵犯

August 26, 2020 Comments Off

过去八周以来，中国共产党在香港实施了《国家安全法》，当局已行使了该法律，全面升级镇压香港居民的人权及香港法治体系。

Fear Over Hong Kong: National Security Law Boosts Abuses of Human Rights

August 25, 2020 Comments Off

Eight weeks since the Chinese Communist Party imposed the National Security Law on Hong Kong, authorities have deployed it in an escalated crackdown in violation of Hong Kong residents’ human rights and the city’s rule of law system.

CHRD & 70 Organisations Urge Canada, U.K., to Join Global Magnitsky Sanctions Against Chinese Officials Responsible for Violating the Rights of Uyghurs

August 19, 2020 Comments Off

We, the 71 undersigned organizations dedicated to the promotion of universal human rights and/or the fight against corruption, welcome the United Kingdom’s successful promulgation of its Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations and initial tranche of 49 sanctions designations, as well as the United States’ recent actions under the Global Magnitsky (read more…)

CHRD Stands Firmly by Estimate of One Million Uyghurs Detained

August 3, 2020 Comments Off

We at CHRD stand firmly by our research report “China: Massive Numbers of Uyghurs & Other Ethnic Minorities Forced into Re-education Programs,” released two years ago, on August 3, 2018.

CHRD joins 16 other organizations to call on governments to take concrete measures on China’s National Security Law for Hong Kong

July 31, 2020 Comments Off

Together with 16 other organizations, CHRD releases a joint open letter to foreign ministers of over 40 governments, calling for condemnation of the National Security Law in Hong Kong imposed by China’s National People’s Congress.

无国界记者组织和非政府组织联合呼吁习近平主席特赦有可能在监狱中死亡的新闻记者

July 23, 2020 Comments Off

多个捍卫人权及新闻自由的非政府组织团体集结在一起，极力呼吁您特赦记者黄琦。他曾两度获得无国界记者新闻自由奖，目前健康状况岌岌可危，若持续受到监禁，他可能很快会失去性命。